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Recking

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reck \Reck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recked}(obs. imp. {Roughte});
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Recking}.] [AS. reccan, r[=e]can, to care
   for; akin to OS. r[=o]kian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel.
   r[ae]kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See {Rake},
   and cf. {Reckon}.]
   1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
      [Archaic]

            This son of mine not recking danger.  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

            And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the
            adviser.                              --Burns.

   2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]

            What recks it them?                   --Milton.
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